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US takes India to WTO
over solar industry
United States challenges India’s domestic content requirements in Phase II of India’s National Solar Mission
IANS, WASHINGTON

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n another potential blow to
India-U.S. ties after the
Khobragade affair, United
States on February 10 challenged India’s domestic content
requirements in Phase II of
India’s National Solar Mission
(NSM).
“These domestic content
requirements
discriminate
against U.S. exports by requiring
solar power developers to use
Indian-manufactured equipment instead of US equipment,”
said U.S. Trade Representative
(USTR)
Mike
Froman.
Announcing the “trade enforcement action” against India, Froman said it has requested World
Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement consultations
with India on the issue.

“These unfair requirements
are against WTO rules, and we
are standing up today for the
rights of American workers and
businesses,” he said. “We also
take this action in support of the
rapid global deployment of
renewable energy.”
“These types of ‘localization’
measures not only are an unfair
barrier to US exports, but also
raise the cost of solar energy, hindering deployment of solar energy
around the world, including in
India,” he added. In October
2013, India’s cabinet approved
measures governing the implementation of Phase II of the
NSM.
For solar projects under Phase
II, India is again imposing
domestic content requirements,
under which solar power developers must use Indian-manufac-

U.S. Trade Representative
Mike Froman

tured solar cells and modules
instead of US or other imported
equipment, USTR said.
Moreover, the Phase II domestic content requirements have
been expanded to cover thin film
technology, which was exempt
from such requirements under
Phase I, USTR said.
As thin film currently comprises the majority of U.S. solar
product exports to India, these
domestic content requirements
are likely to cause even greater
harm to U.S. producers than
under Phase I, it said.
A request for consultations is the first step in
the WTO dispute settlement process, and
consultations are
intended to help
parties find a solution at this stage.

Obama warns firms of
‘India-US partnership would keep growing’
violating sanctions on Iran
WASHINGTON: Senior Obama
administration official has expressed
confidence that despite recent setbacks India-United States strategic
partnership will continue to grow
whatever the outcome of India’s
upcoming national elections.
“For almost two decades, in both
India and the United States, Presidents and Prime Ministers and political parties have come together and
worked to overcome old schisms,” US
National Security Advisor Susan E.
Rice said on February 7.

IANS, WASHINGTON

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ompanies that explore business opportunities in Iran
do so “at their own peril”,
US President Barack Obama said
on February 11, vowing that the
U.S. will come down “like a ton of
bricks” on sanctions violators.
The president made the remarks
at a joint news conference with his
French counterpart, Francois Hollande, alluding to a trip to Iran by
a large French trade delegation earlier this month, Xinhua reported.
“President Hollande and I agree
on the need to continue enforcing
existing sanctions even as we
believe that new sanctions during
these negotiations would endanger
the possibility of a diplomatic solution,” Obama said.
“Businesses may be exploring —
are there some possibilities to get
in sooner rather than later if and

‘Businesses may be
exploring... But I can
tell you that they do
so at their own peril
right now, because
we will come
down on them like a
ton of bricks’

Barack Obama

when there is an actual agreement
to be had?” Obama said. “But I can
tell you that they do so at their
own peril right now, because we
will come down on them like a ton
of bricks.”
World powers sealed a landmark
preliminary deal with Iran in
November, under which Tehran
agreed to halt its most sensitive
nuclear operations in return for
winning some relief from sanctions.
The United States and the European Union have suspended some
sanctions on Iran under the interim deal.
But it does not mean opening
business. Washington, has warned
that the interim nuclear deal does
not mean Iran is “open for business” and vowed to vigorously
enforce existing sanctions.

“Piece by piece,
we’re establishing
a lasting partnership that’s
equipped to tackle
today’s global challenges,” she said
addressing deleSusan E. Rice
gates attending the
Aspen Institute U.S.-India Dialogue at
the Indian ambassador S. Jaishankar’s residence. “And, the United
States is confident that, whatever the
outcome of India’s upcoming national

elections, the cooperation and strategic partnership between our nations
will continue to grow,” Rice said.
The dialogue has been convened
by the Aspen Strategy Group, a bipartisan US policy forum, in conjunction
with the Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII) and the Aspen Ananta
Centre to take a broad look at the
Indo-US relationship.
President Barack Obama’s key
adviser said she was not suggesting
“that there aren’t real challenges to
overcome.”

Most favor
pathway to
illegal citizens
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ven as a new poll found that
Americans overwhelmingly
favor a pathway towards citizenship for 11 million undocu- mented rather than border security. and it’s going to be difficult to
But John Boehner, speaker of the move any immigration legislation
mented individuals, including
300,000 Indians, a top Republican Republican controlled House, sig- until that changes,” Boehner said.
Fifty four percent say the top prihas signalled that any action on this nalled that any action on immigration is unlikely this year because ority for the government in dealing
is unlikely this year.
A CNN/ORC International sur- House Republicans don’t trust with the issue of illegal immigravey also indicated that a majority of President Barack Obama on the tion should be developing a plan
the public says that the govern- issue. “There’s widespread doubt that would allow undocumented
ment’s main focus should be legal- about whether this administration immigrants with jobs to eventually
izing the status of the undocu- can be trusted to enforce our laws become legal U.S. residents.

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epal’s newly-elected Prime
Minister Sushil Koirala
was sworn in here on February 11. No member of the coalition partner Communist Party of
Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist’s
(CPN-UML) members, however,
took oath, the party insisting on
the home portfolio.
Koirala, of the Nepali Congress,
was administered the oath of office
and secrecy by President Ram
Baran Yadav in the presence of top
leaders of major political parties,
heads of security agencies, members of Kathmandu-based diplomatic corps and senior government
officials. Only a two-member cabi-

net was installed on February 11
following Koirala’s oath-taking and
it is likely that the cabinet will be
expanded later only after the row
over portfolio allocation is settled.
The ticklish issue of allocation of
portfolios, particularly the home
ministry, soured the relations
between the two largest parties —
the Nepali Congress and the CPNUML — within 24 hours of
Koirala’s election to the post of
prime minister.
Though CPN-UML leaders did
attend the swearing-in ceremony
at the President’s Office, no one
from the party joined the cabinet
as the two coalition partners failed
to agree on distribution of ministerial berths.

India, China hold
border talk
NEW DELHI: India and China held
their 17th round of border talks here
on February 11, stressing on peace
and tranquility on their 4,000-km disputed boundary, and are set for their
annual defense dialogue on February
24. Special representatives — National Security Adviser Shivshankar
Menon and Chinese State Councillor
and top diplomat Yang Jiechi — met
here on February 10 and 11 for talks
on the boundary question.
The talks between both sides have
crossed the first stage — on agreeing
to settlement of the boundary question. The second stage talks — on the
“framework for resolution of the
boundary question” — has been continuing for the past eight years.
After the “framework” question is
resolved, both sides will proceed to
the third stage of talks.

236 candidates file nominations in Maldives
MALE: A total of 236 candidates have
so far filed nominations for the March
22 elections to Maldives’ 85-seat parliament, media reported on February 11
citing the Elections Commission of the
archipelago nation.
Ali Mohamed Manik, a member of
the commission, Monday said the
opposition Maldivian Democratic Party
(MDP) had filed nominations for all the
85 seats of the People’s Majlis, according to Haveeru Online.
Manik said the ruling Progressive
Party of Maldives (PPM) had filed

nominations for only 37 seats, despite
the party’s announcement that it
would contest from 50 constituencies.
The pro-government Jumhoory
Party (JP) had filed 29 nominations.
The Maldives Development Alliance
(MDA) had filed six nominations, the
Adhaalath Party 11, and the Dhivehi
Rayyithunge Party (DRP) five, Manik
said. Adhaalath party, a religious conservative party, has decided to run from
13 constituencies independently after
the ruling coalition failed to meet their
demand for more seats.

Sharif heads to Turkey for trilateral summit
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif on February 12 left for
Ankara on a three-day visit to attend the
Turkey-Afghanistan-Pakistan Trilateral Summit,
officials said.
The trilateral meeting,
an important platform for
high-level dialogue,
security cooperation,
and economic development partnership, was
launched in 2007.
The summit is taking
place in the backdrop of important political and security transitions in
Afghanistan, including presidential and
provincial council elections April 5 and
the withdrawal of NATO/ISAF forces by

December 31, 2014, said a statement
issued by the Pakistan foreign ministry.
The theme of the 8th Trilateral Summit is
‘Sustainable Peace in the
Heart of Asia’. The last
summit was held in
December 2012 in
Ankara.
During the summit,
Sharif will have extensive
interaction with Turkey’s
President Abdullah Gul
and Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan as
well as Afghanistan’s President Hamid
Karzai. Senior members of the Prime
Minister’s delegation would have meetings with their respective counterparts in
trilateral formats.

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Malala Yousafzai
nominated for
‘Children’s Nobel

Algeria plane crash death toll 77

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alala Yousafzai, the
teenaged Pakistani education activist attacked by
the Taliban, is among the three candidates nominated for this year’s
World Children’s Prize, also known
as the Children’s Nobel.
Yousafzai has been nominated
“for her courageous and dangerous
fight for girls’ right to education”,
according to the website of the
foundation that presents the
award.
“She started to speak out for girls’
rights at the age of 11, when the Taliban banned girls from going to
school in the Swat Valley in Pakistan,” it stated.
“Malala defied the rules and kept
going to school. Her life was under
threat and at times she had to go
into hiding. Finally, at the age of 15
Malala was shot and almost killed by
the Taliban on her way home from
school. But Malala survived.”
According to Yousafzai’s candidate profile, the Taliban thought
they could silence Malala by
killing her. “Instead they gave her
an even stronger voice, which can

Malala Yousufzai

ALGIERS: An Algerian military plane
that crashed into a mountain in the
country’s eastern region had 78 passengers on board and only one survived, the country’s defense ministry
said.
The C-130 Hercules military plane
crashed in the province of Oum El
Bouaghi around midday on February
11 on its way from the Tamenrasset
airport, some 2,000 km southeast of
Algiers, to the Constantine airport,
500 km east of Algeria’s capital
Algiers, Xinhua reported citing a
statement issued by the ministry.
It carried 74 passengers - members of the Algerian armed forces and
their relatives - and four crew members, the statement said.
A survivor and 76 bodies were
recovered at the crash site, including
remains of four women, on Mount
Fortas at an altitude of 1,400 meters.

now be heard all over the world,”
it stated.
The other two candidates in the
running are John Wood, a former
manager in Microsoft, and Indira
Ranamagar, a Nepali child rights
activist.
“John Wood has been nominated
for the 2014 World’s Children’s
Prize for his 15-year fight for children’s right to education,” his candidate profile reads.
“John quit his job as a manager at
the Microsoft company to fulfil his
dream: to fight poverty by giving
children all over the world the BANGKOK: Thailand’s caretaker government on February 11 approved a
chance to go to school.”
Ranamagar has been nominated draft royal decree that sets the election
for her 20-year struggle for prison- of senators March 30, deputy spokeswoman said.
ers’ children in Nepal.
Sunisa Lertpakawat, deputy govern“She grew up in extreme poverty... even as a young girl she knew ment spokeswoman, said registration of
that she wanted to help other people the senatorial candidates would be on
March 4-8, the Bangkok Post reported.
who had hard lives.”

One passenger has not been
accountable so far.
The sole survivor was seriously
injured in the head and leg and has
been taken to a military hospital in
Constantine.
The statement said the crash was
likely caused by the lack of visibility
due to the heavy snowfall and strong
winds in the region. Local newspaper
El Watan said one of the two black
box flight recorders has been located.
Earlier reports by local media said
there were 103 people on board the
plane.

Thailand senate elections on March 30
The senate is the upper house of the
National Assembly of Thailand. The senate, which comprises 150 seats, operates under fixed terms of six years.
The draft royal decree would be submitted to the king for endorsement,
Sunisa said. The election is expected to
fill the seats of elected senators, whose
term will expire on March 31.

‘Little progress in
Geneva II talks’
GENEVA: UN-Arab League Special
Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi on
February 11 said that little progress
has been achieved since the start of
the second round of Syria peace
talks resuming a day earlier.
After today’s meetings, adjourned
at noon after the envoy met with the

two sides “simultaneously” this
morning, Brahimi told a press conference that the negotiations were
as “laborious” as the first round did.
“We are not making much
progress,” he said, appealing to
speed up actions to make this
process a reality and help lift Syria
out of the mire.”We will do our very
best to make this process take off.”
The mediator stressed the
process requires cooperation from
the two warring sides.

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US does U-turn on Modi
The US embassy
had requested for
the meeting with
Modi ‘quite some
time ago’, says
India’s External
Affairs ministry
IANS, NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON

U

S Ambassador to India
Nancy Powell will meet
Gujarat Chief Minister
Narendra Modi this
week, marking a change in stance
Narendra Modi in a pensive mood.
since the U.S. denied the Bharatiya
Janata Party leader a visa in 2005
law barring entry of foreign officials
over the 2002 Gujarat riots.
seen as responsible for “severe violaExternal
affairs
ministry
tions of religious freedom”. He has
spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said
not applied for a US visa since then.
the U.S. embassy had requested for
Since Modi’s emergence as a
the meeting “quite some time ago”
WASHINGTON: A day after a pernational leader, the US business
with Modi. Addressing a briefing,
ceived u-turn in its stance on Narenlobby has reached out to him. Three
Akbaruddin said the U.S. ambasdra Modi, the United
sador’s request to meet Modi “has
Republican lawmakers accompaStates downplayed the
been fixed for this week”.
nied a US business delegation that
U.S. Ambassador’s
“It is normal for foreign diplomet him in Ahmedabad last year. A
plans to meet
mats and ambassadors of different
senior US diplomat also attended
Bharatiya Janata
countries to make a request to the
that meeting.
Party’s prime ministeriministry of external affairs to faciliBut with the US and Indian
al candidate as simply
tate meetings with constitutionally
rights and religious groups pushing
Nancy Powell part of political outelected functionaries of states, and
hard against a visa for Modi, Washreach efforts.
quite some time ago they asked the
ington has stuck to its stand that
“Well, as you know, we are often
MEA... we did facilitate and did
there has been no change in its visa
engaged in concentrated outreach to
communicate that they could propolicy for the BJP leader.
senior political and business leaders,”
However, the State Department
ceed with the meeting with the
State Department spokesperson Jen
Gujarat chief minister, and it is a
has of late changed its formulation,
Psaki told reporters on February 11
normal courtesy we extend to forsaying Modi was “welcome to apply
when asked what led the U.S. to
eign heads of missions,” he said.
for a visa and await a review like any
change its policy on the Gujarat chief
The meeting is likely to take place
other applicant”.
minister.
in Gujarat Thursday.
Officials also said the U.S. was
“We can confirm the appointready to do business with any govment (between Modi and Powell),”
ernment that emerges from India’s
a State Department spokesperson in November to highlight the US- upcoming election.
said in Washington in response to India relationship,” the spokesperMeanwhile, the White House
reports that Powell made the request son said, without commenting on parried questions about a visa for
to meet Modi. “This is part of our the possible date of the meeting, Modi. “I would refer questions
concerted outreach to senior politi- possibly in Ahmedabad. The US about visas to the State Departcal and business leaders which began revoked Modi’s visa in 2005 under a ment,” Jay Carney told reporters.

Powell-Modi meeting
is ‘no big deal’: US

Rahul listens to porters’ grievances
NEW DELHI: A day before the railway budget, Congress vice president
Rahul Gandhi on February 11
reached out to the porter community
and promised to take up their problems and demands with Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge.
Interacting with dozens of porters
at the New Delhi Railway Station
here, Gandhi said he wants to hear
their problems in detail.
“I want to build a relationship with
you, I want to hear your problems in
detail,” he told the porters, according
to tweets from the Indian National
Congress’ official Twitter handle.
“I can only promise one thing. I’ll
do whatever I can for you, with my
heart,” he said. “I will take your problems to the railway ministry so that
they can solve your problems,” he

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2014 MIDWEST EDITION

Kejriwal remains
Kejriwal nowhero
targets
people’s
Mukeshresignation
Ambani, Moily
after
NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal on February 11
ordered the city’s anti-corruption wing
to file criminal cases against Reliance
Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani
and Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa
Moily, among others, for allegedly creating artificial scarcity of natural gas
and fixing prices.
Also namedelhi
wereChief
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predecesArvind
Kejriwal’s
sor in the oil ministry, Murli Deora, and
resignation has
former director general of hydrocaronly raised his
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people
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rubbished
the
allegation.
aadmi’, who form his core
“We should
his
support
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and whowithbelieve
(Kejriwal’s)
ignorance.
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does
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he will come back to power
know ahow
the government
with
more
emphatic runs.
majority
Norms
are afollowed.
is a system
and
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complaint
andcoming
the allegations
on theas
he failed to get his dream bill,
the Jan Lokpal, even introduced
in the Delhi Assembly on Friday
as both the national parties, the
Congress and the BJP, ganged
up against
it.
IANS, NEW DELHI
“So what if Kejriwal has
resigned?
This
resignation
judicial
commission
and a
proves Supreme
that only
a ‘jhaadu
Court-appointed
waala’ (referring to the party
special investigation that
symbol of ‘jadhu’ or broom)
probed
the and
2002end
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violence
can deliver
corruption
glossed
over
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evidence
in the city,” Hanumanth Rai,to
shieldHissar
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IANS.Narendra
Modi,
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says
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in jail,”
he said.
Kejriwal had on numerous
occasions threatened to resign if
the bill was not passed.
“We are with him in his
resignation also. There should
be a re-election as we are sure
that next time he will win
more than 50 seats and get the
bills passed without support,”
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No fare hike in India’s interim rail budget
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said. “Your time is your money and
you have spent your money by giving
me your time,” Gandhi added.
To the porters’ demand for a complimentary pass for the entire family
not once but twice in a year, the Congress vice president promised to take
it up with Kharge.

Burari in outer Delhi, told
IANS.
“He will come back to
power.
theKejriwal
day he
Delhi ChiefToday,
Minister on
Arvind
resigned, I can even assure you
that,” she added.
basis of which the Delhi government
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supporters were firm that their
“We deny
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reflects that AAP is on right
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way toand
win
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made
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the
company
said.
elections,” Prem Chauhan,
an auto-rickshaw driver, told
IANS.
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should have been given more
time, others expressed anguish
Modi,their
now demands
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Chautala,
a daily
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said,
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the
of guts to do such a thing. I

ailway Minister Mallikarjun
Kharge presented the interim
rail budget for the next fiscal
Wednesday with no hike in fares or
freight, introducing 72 new trains
and connectivity to two more
northeastern states.
In what was his personal first and
the last such exercise in the 15th Lok
Sabha for the United Progressive
Alliance (UPA) government, Kharge
also promised a new tariff-setting
body and said work on eastern and
western freight corridors was progressing well.
The minister only read a part of
his speech, for all of 14 minutes in
the lower house of parliament. The
full speech copy, along with the

other documents that included a
vote on account for the first four
months of the next fiscal, was laid
on the table of the house.
The minister announced that 72
new trains were being introduced,
including 17 premium trains, 38
express trains, 10 passenger trains,
four suburban trains and three diesel

locomotive inter-city trains for
medium distances.
He said despite the resource constraints, the targets for the current
fiscal were fully achieved, with some
2,207 km of new lines, adding two
more northeastern states will be on
the country’s railroad map this fiscal
— Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya.
Anticipating a healthier economic
growth, the freight traffic target, he
said, was also proposed higher at
1,101 million tonnes.
“Specially designed coaches for
adverse weather conditions have
been inducted for rail travel in Kashmir valley. Also corrosion-resistant
and lighter wagons to carry extra
pay-load and higher speed of up to
100 km per hour have been developed,” he said.

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The current political scene does not promise a stable govt
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In the absence of information,
rumours are rife. The current political scene does not promise a stable
eldom have generally well
government post 2014. Fresh elecinformed people been so
tions, in other words, may take
short on hard information.
place in, say, 2016. By which time,
So, they liven their conversaRahul may be ready with his broad
tion with gossip which they pass on
based system of candidate selection.
as information.
The seasoned leaders who have seen
Therefore, a hundred days from
the writing on the wall are sprinting
the elections, what does one make
towards the Upper House.
of Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi,
AAP’s entry has created another
AAP and the rising stock of the
uncertainty for the principal parties.
regional parties?
In electoral politics, as in sports, a
On Dec 7, who knew what results
formation or an individual must
recent elections would throw up the
next day? The Congress was
peak weeks before the finals. Why
trounced in four states. The nation
was Modi boosted up into the
rubbed its eyes with disbelief as the
stratosphere a full year before the
AAP emerged in Delhi as the new,
elections? Would he have the staTherefore,
historic political happening.
mina to hold the nation’s
a hundred days from the
When AAP tossed a handful
attention for so long? Might
elections, what does one
of seed in the field of Delhi,
he not trip over the several
cases plaguing him in make of Narendra Modi, Rahul who would have expected the
spectacular harvest? Likewise,
Gujarat? He has walked
Gandhi, AAP and the rising
until the 2014 results, AAP will
around the minefields so far,
stock of the regional
but Snoopgate continues to
remain an unquantifiable elecparties?
threaten. It is an incredible nartoral phenomena. AAP’s impact
rative of surveillance systems in
will be two fold. First, they have
thrown a huge boulder in the politthree states monitoring the moveested.
ical pond. The reverberations will
ments of a young woman on behalf
Or is it something more simple: affect political fortunes for a long
of “Sahib”.
Why is the UPA dragging its feet heads I win, tails you lose. If the time. Secondly what we must wait
on Snoopgate? Who in the estab- party does well the story will be: the for, in nail biting suspense, is the
lishment is so important that pro- people were aching to bring their prospect of its vertical growth in
tecting him supersede concerns reluctant crown prince to power. If places it proposes to contest the
about Modi?
the voters do not turn to him this coming elections.
Folks keeping a steady gaze only
Congress General Secretary time, he can shrug his shoulders
on the BJP, Congress and AAP, will
Janardhan Dwivedi has more or less and say he never wanted it.
announced that his party would like
The media’s dream to set up a miss out on the concert developing
to sit in the opposition after the Modi versus Rahul duel upto the in the states.
elections. What else does one make elections should have ended in
In the situation — comedy
of his statement that the Congress April 2013 when Rahul told the scripted by Jayalalithaa, CPI’s A.B.
should have occupied the opposi- Confederation of Indian industry Bardhan and Sudhakar Reddy had
tion benches after the 2009 elec- that he was busy building grassroots barely said good bye to her when
tions. That year the party won 209 democracy in the party, to bring in Prakash Karat of the CPI-M walked
more transparency.
in with roses.
seats, its highest score since 1991.
SAEED NAQVI, NEW DELHI

S

Rahul Gandhi has made it quite
explicit in his TV interview that he
has no fire in his belly for political
power. But the Congress party is
splurging hundreds of crores of
rupees on a publicity blitz to boost
his image. Is the party embarked on
this media blitz despite the party
vice president or is all of it happening under his supervision?
Why these confusing signals? Has
the party calculated that in India,
renunciation is deified? Is this why
they are sending a prime ministerial
candidate into electoral combat
when he is demonstrably disinter-

oved by an insight
gained during a vacation in India four years
ago, a British citizen of Indian origin has launched an initiative that
provides 22 hospitals across the
country with the latest medical
equipment to make cancer treatment accessible and affordable.
Shashi Kant Baliyan, who is in
India for three years, recalls how
his Diwali holiday here took a
new turn after he attended a medical conference in Hisar in
Haryana in 2009 with a friend, a
radiation oncologist.
“I realized that people had to
travel far for cancer treatment.

the country. Young people are getting affected by it and you cannot
imagine the number of queries I
get,” said Baliyan, a doctor and a
management professional.
According to the National
Institute of Health and Family
Welfare, there are 2 to 2.5 million
cancer patients in India at any
given time.
The equipment is maintained
by his company on contracts that
run 15-20 years till the machine
outlives its life and becomes obsolete, said Baliyan, who lives with
his wife and children in Gurgaon,
Haryana.
“In two years, 22 hospitals in
Delhi, Hisar, Vadodara, Coimbatore, Kolkata, Patna, Indore and
Gwalior have signed contracts

‘Our initiative has also cut costs for patients
by 50 percent or even more as compared to
any diagnostic centre’
Even then most hospitals in smaller towns were not equipped with
the right equipment to treat them.
I went back to Britain and discussed it with a few friends after
which I started shunting between
London and Delhi to do something concrete about this,”
Baliyan told IANS.
Baliyan’s ClearMedi Healthcare
— a joint venture between Medipass (La Repubblica group) S.r.l.
Italy, KOS S.p.A. Italy and
Clearview Healthcare India —
providing hospitals with the best
equipment for diagnosis and
treatment of cancer.
Hospitals, private or government-run, are also supported by
trained manpower and its staff
trained by specialists.
All this has helped cut costs by
50 percent or more. “Among the
equipment we supply are linear
accelerators, radiology equipment
and those used for nuclear medicine. We have focussed on cancer
because of its high incidence in

with us,” Baliyan said.
In Delhi’s Hamdard Imaging
Centre (Jamia Hamdard), his
company has supplied equipment
for MRIs, CT scans, Mammography and Digital X-Rays, while
Ashwin Hospital in Coimbatore
has been equipped with a Linac
(linear particle accelerator used for
radiation therapy).
“Other than accessibility to
diagnosis and treatment, our initiative has also cut costs for
patients by 50 percent or even
more as compared to any diagnostic centre. An MRI scan costs
Rs.8,000 in a diagnostic centre, of
which half goes to the doctor. We
remove those frills and charge the
basic cost,” he said.
“In Delhi, the cost is half. In
Hisar, the cost is one-third. The
patient pays the hospital directly,
not to us. So, there is no discrepancy.” A CT scan in a ClearMediaided hospital costs `1,600. Elsewhere, the cost ranges between
`4,000 and `5,000.

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Months after Devyani Khobragade episode, the US attorney convicts
an ex-SAC Capital manager Mathew Martia in insider trading case
IANS, NEW YORK

M

anhattan’s IndianAmerican United
States Attorney Preet
Bharara has struck
again with the conviction of an
Indian-American portfolio manager, giving him an enviable 79-0
record in his four-year long crackdown on insider-trading on Wall
Street.
A jury of seven women and five
men found former SAC Capital
Advisor portfolio manager Mathew Martoma, 39, guilty on one
count of conspiracy and two
counts of securities fraud.
Martoma could
end up with a
15-year sentence, given
that he was
involved in

what the prosecutors said was the
most lucrative insider-trading
crime ever in the U.S.
Martoma’s illegal tips earned

SAC $275 million in profits and
avoided losses from inside information on trials of an experimental
Alzheimer’s drug developed by
Elan and Wyeth.
He got the tips from Dr. Sidney
Gilman, who served as the government’s star witness.
“Martoma bought the answer
sheet before the exam — more

Capital Management in Boston,
Martoma joined SAC Capital
Advisors, the hedge fund run by
the billionaire Steven A. Cohen.
Martoma becomes the 79th person convicted of insider trading
after trial or by guilty plea in
Bharara’s jurisdiction in the last
four years.
Of the 78 prior convictions, for-

‘Martoma bought the answer sheet before the
exam — more than once — netting a quarter
billion dollars in profits and losses avoided for
SAC, as well as a $9 million bonus for him’
than once — netting a quarter billion dollars in profits and losses
avoided for SAC, as well as
a $9 million bonus
for
him,”
as
Bharara,
nicknamed by Time
magazine as the
“Sheriff of Wall
Street” put it.
After a stint
at a smaller
hedge fund,
Preet Bharara
Sirios

Shah wins lavish praise from Obama

mer Sri Lankan American hedge
fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam
received a sentence of 11 years in
October 2011 — the longest sentence in the insider-trading cases
so far.
Rajat Gupta, former IndianAmerican managing director of
McKinsey & Company was sentenced in October 2012 to two
years in prison and fined $5 million for giving tips to Rajaratnam.
He remains free on appeal. Martoma could get a 15-year sentence.

No compensation
for Indian doctor
SYDNEY: The
government of
the Australian
state of
Queensland
has said it will
not approve
any compensation request by
India-born doctor Jayant
Patel for the
Jayant Patel
time he spent
in jail. The former surgeon at Bundaberg Base Hospital in the Australian
state of Queensland, was last year
convicted of fraud and sentenced to
two years in prison but he walked free
due to the time he had already spent
in custody for earlier convictions that
were subsequently overturned by a
higher court.
Patel was charged with causing
grievous bodily harm to Ian Rodney
Vowles, 66, by unnecessarily removing
his colon and rectum in 2004.
Jarrod Bleijie, attorney-general of
Queensland, said that Patel may seek
damages. “I have not received anything in writing in respect to that,” ABC
News quoted Bleijie as saying.
“As I understand it, Patel has indicated that he will be writing to the government wanting compensation. There
will be no compensation, there will be
no entertainment of the idea of compensation,” Bleijie added.

Singapore riots case: Man gets jail

ARUN KUMAR, WASHINGTON

C

iting immigrants’ absolute
faith in the American
dream, Rajiv Shah, the
Indian-American administrator of
the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID), has given
a call to “end extreme poverty in
our lifetime.”
“This is now achievable, but
only if all of us-from science, business, government, and faith-come
together for the poor,” he said
delivering the keynote at the 62nd
National Prayer Breakfast.
“We can end extreme poverty
for the 1.1 billion people who live
on a dollar-and-a- quarter a day,”
said the highest ranking IndianAmerican in the Obama adminisple, including the freedom of relitration.
Such prayer groups are helping gion, are ultimately more just and
leaders worldwide to serve with more peaceful and more successgreater moral courage, Shah said. ful. “Nations that do not uphold
President Barack Obama these rights sow the bitter seeds of
attending his sixth prayer break- instability and violence and
fast, bringing together legislators, extremism. So freedom of religion
officials, and clergy from all faiths matters to our national security,”
and political ideologies, focused Obama said.
on the importance of freedom of
Shah recalled his childhood “in
religion — not only in America, suburban Detroit, where every
but also around the world.
family in our Indian-American
“History shows that nations community had an immigrant
that uphold the rights of their peo- story to share-of hard work, sacri-

IANS, SINGAPORE

A

Rajiv Shah

fice, and absolute faith in the
American dream”.
“When my grandfather gave his
life-savings to send my dad to
America, I think he hoped — but
never could have imagined —
how this nation and its values
would lift our family,” Shah said.
Obama lavished high praise on
Shah, “who is just such an incredible young leader and is out there
every single day, I could not be
more proud of his outstanding
leadership at USAID”.

But as they were walking along
Chander Road near where the riot
first broke out, they saw people running away from the direction of the
food court that they had decided to

n Indian construction worker, the first of 25 men
accused of taking part in last
years’ riots at Little India to plead
guilty, was jailed for 15 weeks by a
He was initially
court here on February 10.
charged with rioting.
Chinnappa
Vijayaragunatha
Poopathi, 32, pleaded guilty to an
The charge was later
amended charge of failing to disamended
perse, Today Online reported.
He was initially charged with go to. Ignoring advice not to go in
rioting. The charge was amended that direction Chinnappa and his
after the Singapore attorney gener- friend continued walking towards
al’s chambers considered factors of the canteen despite seeing Special
his involvement in the riot.
Operations Command (SOC) perThe court heard that Chinnappa sonnel, armed with batons and
and a friend bought beer from a shields trying to disperse people
shop December 8, consumed it and along Chander Road.
later proceeded to Chander Road in
When Chinnappa and his friend
Little India.
entered the food court, where a ban
The pair decided to go to a food on assembly of more than five peocourt called Kodai Canteen located ple was in place, they joined a group
at the junction of Kerbau Road and of about 10 people. Police arrested
them for rioting.
Chander Road around 11 p.m.

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India back in
Olympic fold
International Olympic Committee lifts
14-month ban in the wake of ‘free and
fair elections’
IANS, NEW DELHI

I

ndia was on February 11 back
in the Olympic fold with the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) lifting its 14month ban in the wake of “free and
fair elections” to the Indian
Olympic Association (IOA) two
days ago.
The decision, by the IOC Executive Board (EB) at an ad-hoc meeting in Sochi, reinstated the IOA

which kept tainted officials out of its
elections.
Newly-elected IOA president N.
Ramachandran told IANS from
Chennai that he was delighted.
“I am extremely delighted that
the IOC has lifted the ban. Now we
have to work together to keep the
IOA clean,” Ramachandran told
IANS. The Executive Board took
the decision following a report submitted by a three-member delegation, headed by Robin Mitchell,

who were the observers at the IOA
General Assembly here Sunday.
The IOC observers told the Executive Board members that the elections were held in full respect of the
recently passed NOC (National

IPL 7: Yuvraj, Karthik go for record price
List of players sold
in IPL 7 auction
(All figures in rupees)

ndia’s flamboyant all-rounder
Yuvraj Singh was sold to Royal
Challengers Bangalore for a staggering `40 million while Dinesh
Karthik was bought by Delhi Daredevils for a whopping `125 milllion
in the players’ auction for the seventh edition of the Indian Premier
League (IPL) here on February 12.
Yuvraj and Karthik fetched the
highest price among the 16 marquee
players, who were up for grabs in the
first session of auction.
Besides Karthik, Daredevils, who
didn’t retain any player, bought back
maverick former England captain
Kevin Pietersen for `90 million and

India’s Test opener Murali Vijay for
a handsome `50 million. Vijay, who
was earlier with Chennai Super
Kings, was the first cricketer to go
under the hammer.
The second cricketer up for auction was Sri Lanka’s Mahela
Jayawardene, who was the only one
among the marquee players to go
unsold.
Pietsersen was first sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for `90 million but
Daredevils used the Right to Match
(RTM) card to buy him back.
Royal Challengers almost got
Yuvraj for `40 million cheaper but
auctioneer Richard Madley had to
open the bidding again after he
missed Knight Riders bid.

Olympic Committee) constitution,
which complies with all IOC
requirements.
The three Indian athletes, who
were competing under the IOC flag
in the Sochi Winter Games (Feb 7-

23), can now take part under the
Indian flag. They took part in the
Opening Ceremony under the
Olympic flag and and have competed as Independent Olympic Participants.

DID DHONI, SRINIVASAN
misrepresent facts to Mudgal?
NEW DELHI: Serious doubts are
being raised over the deposition of
Indian cricket board president
Narayanswami Srinivasan, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the
India Cements management that
Gurunath Meiyappan was not a team
principal, only a cricket enthusiast with
Chennai Super Kings, in a report submitted to the apex court.
Retired Judge Mukul Mudgal in his
report to the Supreme Court Monday
said that Dhoni, Srinivasan
and his company India
Cements took the stand
during the inquiry of the
betting and the spot-fixing
scandal in the Indian Premier League (IPL) that
Meiyappan, who is the
son-in-law of Srinivasan, had
nothing do with the
cricketing affairs
of Chennai
Super

Kings. But in his due course of the
probe, Mudgal found out that Meiyappan made it out to the world that he
was indeed the team principal of
Chennai Super Kings. Mudgal in his
report has indicted Meiyappan of
being involved in the betting scandal
in the IPL.
“Representatives of India Cements,
who appeared before the Committee,
contended that Mr. Meiyappan had no
share holding in India Cements and
hence cannot be considered as
an owner of CSK (Chennai
Super Kings). Further, Mr.
M.S. Dhoni, Mr. N. Srinivasan
and officials of India Cements
took the stand that Mr.
Meiyappan, had nothing to do
with the cricketing affairs of
Chennai Super Kings and
was a mere cricket
enthusiast
supporting
CSK.”
Gurunath Meiyappan

International cricket: It’s all about money
VETURI SRIVATSA, NEW DELHI

A

major offshoot of India
unexpectedly winning the
1983 World Cup was that
the Indian board was emboldened
enough to take on the might of
England and Australia and end
their hegemony over world cricket
once and for all.
Though it took another 28 years
for it to win the World Cup a second time, by now India had
changed the dynamics of world
cricket to become a big bully.
The current Indian board presi-

dent Narayanaswamy Srinivasan,
unlike his predecessors, smartly got
England and Wales Board (ECB)
and Cricket Australia (CA) to form
a troika to gain control of interna-

tional cricket, browbeating the
other ICC member nations to fall
in line. For some strange reasons,
Sri Lanka and Pakistan decided to
oppose the Big Brother.

India thus now has an inviolable
veto — which in any case it has
been exercising for almost a decade
by refusing to accept the Decision
Review System (DRS) or arranging
and scrapping tours to reduce the
Future Tours Programme (FTP) to
a mockery. Under the new dispensation there will be no FTP, it will
all be bilateral arrangements.
The three boards will now decide
what is good for other players in the
ICC.
India contributes 80 percent of
the ICC revenue and holds the
whip in deciding on tours.

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I’ve not gone under
the knife: Anushka
MUMBAI: Actress Anushka Sharma, who is being talked about for her
fuller lips, denies going under the knife for the new look. She attributes her
changed looks to a temporary lip enhancing tool for her role in the upcoming movie Bombay Velvet.
The speculation started after Anushka, who made her Bollywood debut
with Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, appeared on Koffee With Karan.
The 25-year-old took to microblogging website Twitter to deny reports of
having undergone cosmetic surgery.
“...Lately there has been a lot of talk about me in this particular
episode of ‘Koffee with Karan’. Mainly regarding my lips. I am
here to just convey what I have to say regarding the same. I
am talking about it only because this story has taken a scary
direction and things have been ‘blown out of proportion’
(pun intended),” Anushka tweeted Monday night.
“For a short while now, I have been using a temporary lip enhancing tool and that along with makeup techniques (I have learnt over the years) is the
reason why there might be a change in the
appearance of my lips.
“...Let me assure everyone that I have by no
means gone ‘under the knife’ or done any kind
of ‘plastic surgery’ or undergone any intrusive
procedure.”

Armaan’s V Day
plans go haywire
MUMBAI: There were reports that
Armaan Kohli and Tanishaa would be
traveling to an exotic location to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
But the plan stands cancelled reportedly due to Armaan’s injuries.

“Tanishaa and I were to celebrate
Valentine’s Day in Greece, but because
of my knee injury and back pain, we
thought it would be better to cancel the
plan and go later when I feel a little better,” Armaan was quoted as saying.
“We have cancelled our hotel reservations, tickets, etc. It’s very disappointing and unfortunate since we were
looking forward to it, but it’s not the end
of the world. There’s always a next
time.”
The couple will now celebrate the
day in Mumbai. “We will definitely
spend the day together. When two people love each other and it’s Valentine’s
Day, there are bound to be gifts, but
that’s a surprise,” he said.

MUMBAI: Actress Juhi Chawla, who
has worked with stars like Aamir
Khan and Shah Rukh Khan in her
prime, hopes that someday she is
paired with Salman Khan in a movie.
“I hope I get to work with
Salman...he will not work with me
because he hasn’t in all these
years,” Juhi told IANS as she
laughed.
“I don’t see that happening. But I
never thought I will be working with
Madhuri (Dixit)... so you never know.
I would love to do anything which is
justified on papers,” she added.
Juhi and Madhuri are working
together for the first time in Gulaab
Gang.

Preity Zinta
under debt?
MUMBAI: Actress-turned-businesswoman Preity Zinta has
rubbished reports suggesting
that she is looking to “lease
out” her flat in Khar locality
here to pay off her debts
saying “it’s thousand
percent untrue”.
“By the grace of
god, I’m most comfortably able to look
after myself financially. It is not only
untrue it’s extremely irritating to read

No escape from
dance for Ajay

such fabrications about
oneself,” added the
actress of hits like Dil
Chahta Hai and Kal
Ho Naa Ho.
“There is so much
drama in that story.
‘Bechari’ (poor) Preity.
She has to vacate her
‘mahal’ (palace) and
live in a ‘jhopdi’
(shanty) because
the cruel creditors
are breaking
down her door. I
wish people
would look for
their afternoon
soap opera scripts
somewhere else.”

Want to overcome my
fears: Karanvir

MUMBAI: Actor-producer Ajay Devgn, who shies away from
dancing, says he couldn’t escape Action Jackson director
Prabhudheva, who made him shake a leg in two songs.
“Prabhu made me work really hard for the film. He made
me dance, which I generally run away from,” Ajay told IANS.
“I have shot for two songs. We have total five songs in the
film and the rest are yet to be shot and I don’t know how am I
going to do them,” added the 44-year-old.
In the film, Ajay has teamed up with Sonakshi Sinha.
However, when asked about his role in Action Jackson, he
refused to divulge details.

Asin works only
with superstars?
MUMBAI: There is this impression that
Asin, who made a Bollywood debut opposite
Aamir Khan in Ghajini, works only with big
names in Bollywood.
However, she rubbishes the claims. “It is
a wrong interpretation. I am happy that I
have got to work with established actors.
But apart from them I am open to do films
with anyone. The script should be good
enough,” said Asin, who went on to work
with Salman Khan in Ready post her debut
with Aamir.

NEW DELHI: Actor Karanvir Bohra, known for
portraying different shades in shows like
Shararat, Kasautii Zindagii Kay and Dil
Se Di Dua... Saubhagyavati
Bhava?, has joined actionadventure show to rid himself of fears.
The 31-year-old, who
made his small-screen debut
with Just Mohabbat in 1999,
alongwith his actresswife Teejay Sidhu is
participating in the
fifth season of Khatron
Ke Khiladi.
Asked what made
him say yes to the
show, Karanvir said:
“Because the show is
exciting, adventurous
and wild. I want to
overcome my fears
with the help of the
show.”
What are your
fears?
“I am scared of
heights and performing
under pressure. But I want to
participate in the show without
the fear of losing or winning the
show,” he said.
The show will air on Colors.

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‘There is more to
beauty than looks’

A woman should have an identity beyond just the
way she looks, feels actor Katrina Kaif
ANJURI NAYAR, NEW DELHI

R

ohit Shetty, one of the
most successful directors
of Bollywood and
known for working with
stars like Ajay Devgn and Shah
Rukh Khan, says he will consider
new faces when he will find the
combination of a right script and
fitting budget.
Be it her flawless skin or well
worked-out body, Katrina Kaif has
always been known for her beauty.
But the actress feels “there is more
to beauty than just the physical
appearance”.
“I feel it is important not to get
overly obsessed and overly carried
away with just the physical aspect.
There is more to beauty than just
the physical appearance. You are
also a complete person and a
woman should have an identity
beyond just the way she looks,”
Katrina told IANS in a telephonic
interview from Mumbai.
Media appearances and film
shoots are regular in the actress'
life, which require her to look perfect at all times. This can be
“tough”, said Katrina.”It is tough
in a way. You are a human being at
the end of the day and everyone
has his or her good days and bad
days,” she said.
Hair and make-up can be challenging for the actress, but the people who she works with often make

the “time consuming” job into fun.
“I think the hardest thing is the
hours spent in hair and make-up
every day. It is time-consuming, but it can be
fun when you are
working with a new
team,” said the 30year-old.
She also says that
keeping skin healthy
and hair shiny is a
tough job. You have
to “keep at it”, says
the actress, even doling out tips for this
purpose.
“Start with a
good diet and
healthy food. This
is important for
the body. You
need to see that
the products
that you use are
of the best
quality...you
have to make
sure you are
protecting
your skin
with a sun
screen,
using good
shampoo
and conditioner on
your hair
because

that is something that we don't
take seriously,” said Katrina, who
recently launched hair care range
“6 Oil Nourish Hair care” by
beauty brand L'Oréal Paris.
The five must-haves in
her daily routine are also
equally practical and easy
to follow.
“Sun block, lip balm,
a good shampoo and
conditioner and a
leave-in serum after
you wash your hair,
to apply,” she
said.

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Hrithik pulls out of ‘Shuddhi’
IANS, MUMBAI

A

ctor Hrithik Roshan will not
be part of Karan Malhotra’s
Shuddhi. However, he says
he has decided to unite with the
filmmaker for another film.
“Karan Malhotra and I have
decided to unite in the
most ambitious way
post Shuddhi. For
now, I cannot allow
a vision like
Shuddhi to stagnate any further,” the 40year-old said in
an
official
statement.
The two have
worked together

in Agneepath, a remake of the 1990
film of the same name, which was
produced under Karan Johar’s banner Dharma Productions, which is
now producing Shuddhi.
It’s is believed that he has quit the
film for health reasons.
Hrithik has wished both the filmmakers success for the upcoming
movie and hopes that it will be a
“landmark” in the Indian cinema.
“I had the finest experience an actor can have while
working with Karan in
Agneepath and I’m sure both
my dear Karans (Malhotra
and Johar) will go beyond
with that one. Shuddhi
remains a part of me in spirit
and (I) am sure it will be a landmark in our cinema. I wish them all
the best,” the actor said in the statement.
Shuddhi was supposed to feature Hrithik and actress
Kareena Kapoor.

‘Total Siyappa’ awaited in Pak

NEW DELHI: Pakistani singer-actor Ali
Zafar says people in his home country
are waiting for his next Bollywood film
“Total Siyappa” and if things go as
planned then the film will be premiered
in Pakistan.
“People in Pakistan are loving the
promo of 'Total Siyappa', (and) they are
waiting for its release. If everything goes

well, then we will have a big premiere of
the film in Pakistan,” the 33-year-old
said here at the Zee Cine awards.
He also plans to invite for the premiere cricketer Shahid Afridi, whom he
mockingly mentions in one of the dialogue in the film.
“We will also invite Shahid Afridi for
the premiere and if he comes, he will
enjoy the context of that particular dialogue about him,” said Ali.
The dialogue mentions Afridi in a
funny way and it also created quite a
stir when the promos of the movie
came out.
Directed by E. Niwas, “Total Siyappa”
also stars Yami Gautam, Kirron Kher
and Anupam Kher. It hits theatres
March 7.

ou really can’t put a good
man down. Even when his
heart breaks he bounces back
stronger than before.
So it is believed. But watching
actor-turned-director
Shekhar
Suman’s directorial debut I am not
too sure. His vulnerable ailing protagonist Aditya (played by the
director’s son Adhyayan) goes
through a series of life-changing
knife-in-the-heart experiences that
leave him disenchanted and shattered. Heartless is no ordinary coming-of-age story. It tells the powerful if illogical story of a young heir
whose urgent need for a heart
transplant puts him in an incredible medical and emotional crisis.
The screenplay by Nina Arora
weaves the story of love and betrayal into a tenable if somewhat far-

fetched medical condition known
as anesthetic awareness.
The first half when the romance
between the weak-hearted Addy
and the girl at the hotel reception
(newcomer Ariana Ayam, treacherously sweet and adequate) unfolds
has a zipped up classy quality to it.
The courtship is cluttered with
unwanted songs. And just this
once, they are excusable.
How can we have a modern day
Devdas without the music flowing
in his veins?
Adhyayan Suman makes a confident comeback in the authorbacked role. His eyes are filled with
a pain that seems more existential
than physical. He brings to his borderline-ludicrous character a sense
of bridled tragedy and a stifled desperation evident in his breathless

Adhyayan’s scenes with his screen mom
Deepti Naval ring true even when they
go from the real to the surreal to the
other worldly

speech and anguished body language. He plays a life threatened
with annihilation, stopping itself
from falling apart in the nick of
time. Adhyayan’s scenes with his
screen mom Deepti Naval ring true
even when they go from the real to
the surreal to the other worldly.
While Adhyayan’s character
remains on its feet, the film works
effectively and cogently. Once he is
horizontal on the operation table
the narrative suffers a rush of woozy
incredulity requiring herculean
amounts of suspension of belief
from the audience.
But all said and done Heartless
works within its ambitious realm of
love, betrayal and mortality. It
makes an endearing departure from
routine romances about broken
hearts.
— Subhash K. Jha

Jackson were among the dignitaries who graced
the gala event.
Dr. Vijay Prabhakar, Member Secretary
MEATF, and Kishore Mehta, Executive Director
of the MEATF, spoke on the occasion.
Davis presented the Lifetime Achievement
Award to Dr. Pratap C Kumar, Chairman,
Cardiology Department, Jackson Park Hospital
for his three decades of dedicated service as a
teacher, physician, community activist, innovator

and a leader for the minority communities.
Other awards presented were as follows:
Student of the Year Award to Mohansrinivas
Kesavulu, James B Conant High School,
Schaumburg; Youth of the Year Award to Dr.
Krishna Subramaniam, Post-Doctoral Fellow,
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas;
Couple of the yearAwardto Dr. John Yousefzai &
Mrs Armenouhi Arzomanian; Father of the Year
Award to Rev. Kazuo Takami, District Pastor,

Pongal celebrations by Tamil Sangham of Missouri

T

BY A STAFF WRITER

he Tamil Sangham of Missouri
celebrated the Pongal Vizha(harvest
festival) in St. Louis on January 26
at Fort Zumwalt East High School
Auditorium with great enthusiasm.
Some 900 participants, including 150
children, enjoyed a variety of programs reflecting
the Tamil culture and traditions.
This year, the Pongal celebrations included
an absorbing Vivadha Medai (debate) show
conducted by Star Vijay TV fame Neeya Naana
Gopinath.
Pongal Vizha is also known for its traditional
food that was served for the dinner on the
occasion.
The Tamil Sangham is a non-profit
organization with a mission to promote and

Taxi companies drag
Uber, Lyft to court

The Parai dance left the audience spellbound.

develop the Tamil culture by bringing people
together through social and cultural activities.
The support of the Tamil community in

Missouri is growing every year and preparations
are on for the next big show FETNA 2014 in
St.Louis.

Telugu Association of Saint Louis
celebrates Sankranthi & R Day

Keeping the Telugu culture alive
Sri Venkateswara Swami Temple at Bartlett,
IL celebrated Ratha Sapthami (Surya
Jayanthi) with utmost devotion on February
9. Devotees performed Surya Namaskaram
with ‘Aruna Prashnam’ followed by the
Sri Venkateswara Swami Utsavam. ‘Aruna
Prashnam’ is a popular Vedic chant derived
from the ‘Taittereeya Yajurveda Aranyaka
Upanishad.’ There is a strong belief that
one who hears or chants this prayer, an
invocation to Lord Surya (Sun), with
devotion to the Lord is bestowed with
the best of Health. The religious event is
sponsored by the temple to seek good health
to devotees and the community.

Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of
World Christianity; Mother of the Year Award
to Ms. Hema Potla, President & C.E.O., Hema’s
Kitchens; Organization of the Year Award to
Chinese American Citizens Alliance, Chicago.
Corporate of the Year Award to K 4 Inc.;
Outstanding Community Service Award to
Gopal G Lalmalani , M.D., M.B.A., President,
Village of Oakbrook; Distinguished Leadership
Award to Dr. Sivalingam Sivanathan, Professor
of Physics, University of Illinois , Chicago;
Physician of the Year Award to Dr. Mohammed
Zahid, President, the Elgin Clinic.
Entrepreneur of the Year Award to Mr
Maskoor Ali Khan, President, Therapy providers
of America, Inc.; Woman of the Year Award to
Sonia Mehta, M.D., M.B.A., President and
C.E.O./ C. M. O. of Loretto Hospital; Man
of the Year Award to Sohan P Joshi, President,
National Federation of Indian -American
Associations (NFIA); Golden Eagle Award to
Rishikant Singh, Manager, Air India Midwest
Region, US;
Tanya Prabhakar,of John Marshall Law
School, & Youth Chair of Congressman Task
force served as the Mistress of Ceremonies for
the glittering award ceremony.

T

BY A STAFF WRITER

elugu Association of St. Louis (TAS),
Missouri celebrated Sankranthi and
Republic Day event on January 25
in a spectacular way.
More than 1,000 people attended the
event and some 120 children and adults
participated in the cultural events.
Dressed in attires reflecting Telugu culture
and traditions, artists presented a variety of
cultural programs which drew huge applauses
from the audience. Stage decoration, audio
visuals and a great theme to reflect Telugu
culture in a rural environment were the major
highlights.

President Dr. Ramamamohan Reddy
Paduru reminded everyone of the marvelous
successes of TAS in 2013 and laid out TAS’s
plans for 2014. He urged members to get
involved in the social programs that TAS
introduced last year, especially those designed
to engage youth in the social service.
Vice-President Dr. Rama Krishna Gondi
gave a vote of thanks. Secretary Kishore Janga
played a key role in organizing the event.
Treasurer Muralikrishna Puttagunta managed
member enrollments and the reception area
while cultural sSecretary Srikanth Saraswathula
coordinated the cultural events.
The participants were awarded TAS
trophies.

Attorney Michael Shakeman

BY A STAFF WRITER

C

HICAGO — Taxi companies
and drivers have sued the city,
saying rival services like Uber
undercut their business while
not complying with city laws.
Attorney Michael Shakman filed
the federal suit in US District Court on
behalf of taxi firms, including Yellow Cab
and taxi drivers such as Francis Koblah,
a day after the City Council received
competing proposals on the burgeoning
ride-sharing industry.
The suit accuses the city of not
enforcing its own laws on taxi services
and says rivals like Uber, Lyft and Sidecar
are undercutting the conventional cab
industry as they are not compelled to
operate under the same rules.
According to Shakman, the city is
“discriminating against taxi owners” by
sanctioning “unregulated companies
providing identical services.” He accused
the city of “really shooting yourself in
the foot” by allowing unregulated taxis
alongside heavily regulated and revenuegenerating taxis.
“The Emanuel administration has
tolerated an unlawful taxi caste system
created by Uber, Lyft and Sidecar,”
Shakman added.
The suit claims breach of contract
and demands that the city enforce its
own laws while seeking damages.

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BAL VIHAR TURNS REPUBLIC DAY MEMORABLE

Patriotism marked Republic Day celebrations

B

BY A STAFF WRITER

al Vihar of St. Louis, Missouri,
which has always been a champion
of showcasing the Indian culture,
its diversity and strength, once
again lived up to its reputation when it
celebrated the 65th Republic Day of India.
Preparations began weeks before and
each class was assigned a specific state
from India to research and put a display.
There was a panel of judges to review the
booths and identify best display in multiple
categories.

One more feather in
Sant Ranjinder Singh ji
Maharaj’s turban

S

BY A STAFF WRITER

ant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj was
honored to serve as the guest editor of
the Times of India Speaking Tree, an
8-page special edition, published on
February 2, 2014, in Delhi, India.
His featured article, “Dealing with Stress
and Anger,” appearing on the front page
provides readers with practical tips for daily
life and how meditation can keep one calm
and balanced.
Other articles focused on meditation
are also published in this issue, including
Dr. Louis A. Ritz, professor of neurosurgery,
University of Florida, Gainesville, whose
article “Meditate!” explains how meditation
can bring positive changes to the brain.
The article by Dr. Kunwarjit Singh
Duggal, a medical doctor in the Chicagoland
area in Illinois, “Boost Performance; Banish
Pain” focuses on how meditation can improve
performance at work, in sports, and in school,
as well as reduce pain.
Dr. Rimjhim Duggal Stephens, who
combines alternative medicine and wellness
techniques in her practice in Vancouver,
where she teaches pathology, contributed
an article, “Take Time Out.” She describes
how taking time to meditate actually saves
time by making one more productive.

Kids sing national anthems of US and India.

The Republic day celebrations started
with the Bal Vihar School Orchestra
comprising a group of young musicians
playing the national anthems of the US
and India. The melodious presentation was
a real treat to watch.
The kids were dressed in traditional
Indian clothes and the place was filled
with vibrant colors displaying posters,
local food items and artefacts, highlighting
the richness of the Indian state they were
assigned.
The Center of Indian Cultural

Education School, as Bal Vihar is also
known, had invited St. Louis community
leaders to judge the display of booths and
information covered.
Thanks to countless and selfless efforts
of its teachers, administrative staff and
volunteers, Bal Vihar school has been able
to give the young children an in-depth view
of India’s values, culture, history and food.
Center for Indian Cultural Education
- Bal Vihar of St. Louis, a non-profit
organization, since its inception in 1992
has been serving the Metro St. Louis

Indian community. The primary focus
of this organization is to provide Indian
cultural education to students aged 5-18, its
application and integration with the global
multicultural and multifaceted society.
They are also taught discipline,
tolerance and devotion in their daily
routine. The ultimate goal, as one teacher
said, is to throw the light of cultural
knowledge on every child, to make every
child an outstanding citizen and to spread
the song of peace and harmony around
the world.

Seniors live it up at birthday meet

C

BY A STAFF WRITER

HICAGO: The Indian Seniors of
Chicago held a meeting at Manav
Seva Mandir, Benselville, IL on
February 8 for the celebration of
the members’ birthdays, Mahashivratri and
Valentine Day. Around 115 members attended
the meeting.
Chitranjan Desai conducted the proceedings,
including prayers and Hanuman Chalisa by
Hema Shastri, Janakbala Shah, Mayura Desai
and Puspa Panchal. Madhukanta Patel sang a
bhajan.
While Dr. Rasik Shah spoke on the
Valentine’s Day, Nalin Shah narrated the
imporatnce of Maha Shivaratri.
Seniors whose birthdays fall in February
were presented with birthday greeting cards and
booklets by Nalin Shah, with Arvind Kotak and
other members singing ’Bar Bar Ye Din Aaye,
Tum Jio Hjare Sal, Happy Birth Day To You’.
Ashwin Dwivedi and Dr. Rasik Shah gave
detail information about the five days tour. Dr

Narsinhbhai Patel gave the information of South
America Tour with total number of days and
the total price.
As part of Valentile’s Day celebration, Arvind

Kotak made everyone laugh with his jokes
but also gave roses to 10 couples and told
the men to show how much thye loved their
wives.

JUHI SONI STEALS ICS’S TALENT SHOW

Juhi Soni (center) with Participants

BY A STAFF WRITER

N

imble-footed Juhi Soni stood out
when the Iroquois Community
School (ICS), DesPlaines,Illinois
held its annual ‘Talent Show’ on
February 7 with its Bollywood dance team

presenting a gripping program.
Juhi, a fifth grader, was the lead performer
at the program which also featured the ICS’s
first Bollywood dance team.
Taking dance lessons in classical Indian
dance form, Bharat Natayam, ever since she was

just four years old, she has been partcipating in
the talent show since her kindergarten days and
has taken the initiative in training her fellow
schoolmates.
Currently, Juhi is persuing a diploma
course in Performing Arts (Dance) while
continuing with her regular school.
“My passion is dancing and my dream is
to become a dance teacher some day”, says
charming Juhi.
Apart from Juhi, others who also performed
well were Katie Benziger, Jessica Pop, Katrina
Capozi, Sarai, Rosemarie Brain, Dua Mathani,
with Mohnish Soni being the DJ.
Melissa Llano supervised all the kids after
school.
A day ahead of the talent show, all girls
enjoyed a henna party (temporary tattoos on
hands and legs) after-school and tried out their
colorful outfits and beautiful jewelry.

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‘Remaking a hit
film quite tough’
Adopting a remake to
local sensibilities is a
challenge, says
filmmaker
Kammula

ANS, CHENNAI

F

ilmmaker Sekhar Kammula, who has remade Hindi
blockbuster Kahaani in Telugu as Anaamika, says it is
always challenging to remake a hit film in any language as
it requires adapting to local sensibilities.
“When you’re doing a frame-to-frame copy then a remake
might be easy to execute but adapting a remake to local sensibilities is always a challenge, irrespective of the language it is
being made in. ‘Anaamika’ is not a frame-to-frame copy of
the original, it has been adapted to suit the local flavour,”
Kammula told IANS.
Nayanthara reprises the role of Vidya Balan in
Anaamika, which was shot in Hyderabad.
“The film is made in such a way that for all those who
haven’t watched the original, it will appear as a different
film. All those who have watched Kahaani will also
connect with ‘Anaamika’ as it is made keeping in
mind the local sensibilities,” he said.
“I have made changes to ensure the audiences feel that the film is different from the
original in many ways,” he added.
While Vidya Balan played a pregnant woman in search of her missing husband in the original,
Nayanthara will not be playing a
pregnant character in Anaamika.
“The film’s premise is about the protagonist’s search for her missing husband. I didn’t find the need to retain the pregnant part
because my film is not a frame-to-frame
copy. Nayanthara still had to work hard in
her role because she doesn’t get to earn any
sympathy for being pregnant,” added
Kammula.
The film, produced by Endemol India,
also features Harshvardhan Rane.

Tamil version of ‘Lucia’ goes on floors
CHENNAI: The yet-to-be-titled Tamil
remake of critically acclaimed Kannada
blockbuster Lucia was launched here on
February 10, while the shooting of the
remake, which features Siddharth in the
lead, started from the next day.
“We officially launched the film on
February 10. The regular shooting starts
from today and we plan to complete the
film in one long schedule,” C.V Kumar,
who will produce the film under his home
banner Thirukumaran Entertainment, told
IANS. Lucia was an independent film that
was crowd-funded. It turned out to be

one of biggest low-budget hits in southern cinema last year.
Debutant Prasad Ramar will helm the
remake, which also features Deepa
Pranidhi and Naren in important roles.

Another Koothu-P-Pattarai artist enters filmdom
CHENNAI: After actors such as Pasupathy, Vimal, Vijay Sethupathi and Vidharth from renowned Tamil drama
troupe Koothu-P-Pattarai joined Tamil
cinema, the next entrant to the industry
from the group is Sri Balaji.
Sri will make his cinematic debut
with forthcoming Tamil romantic-thriller
Soorayaadal.
“We were on the lookout for a newcomer and that’s when someone had
told me about the theatre group. I happen to meet Sri there and was really
impressed with his passion for cinema.

I didn’t do any screen test for him as I
strongly believed that his theatre experience was enough,” film’s director
Thamarai Kannan.
Kannan has a lot of respect for the
theatre group.
“The fact that so many wonderful
actors have come from this group
explains its importance. It makes us
understand that this place produces
some of the finest artists and working
with them will be every director’s
delight. I have immense respect for the
group,” he said.

Rajinikanth lauds ‘Goli Soda’
IANS, CHENNAI

A

fter impressing audiences
and critics alike, recent
Tamil hit Goli Soda has
earned the appreciation of superstar Rajinikanth, who praised its
makers for making an “astonishing” film with children.
S.D. Vijay Milton directed the
coming-of-age film about four
children from Koyambedu mar-

N. Lingusamy, producer of
“Goli Soda”, is on a high after
receiving
praise
from
Rajinikanth.
“He congratulate me for backing an offbeat film. It was a proud
moment for me as well as my
production company. We spoke
(on phone) for nearly an hour
and he said that he has watched
all the films made under our banner,” Lingusamy told IANS

‘I’m astonished how the film was made in a
place like Koyambedu market, especially
making those kids perform so well. I called
up the director and congratulated him’
ket in the city.
“I’m astonished how the film
was made in a place like Koyambedu market, especially making those kids perform so well. I
called up the director and congratulated him for the good
work. I also wished him luck for
his next venture,” Rajinikanth
said in a statement.

In the past, his banner Thirrupathi Brothers’ has made films
such as Kumki and Vazhakku En
18/9.
A low-budget film, Goli Soda,
which released Jan 24, has
emerged as the first Tamil hit of
the year. It collected over `80
million in the first week in Tamil
Nadu.

FILM REVIEW | TAMIL

‘Pannaiyarum Padminiyum’ —
heartwarming and heart-tugging
Film: “Pannaiyarum Padminiyum”; Cast: Vijay Sethupathi, Jayaprakash, Thulasi, Aishwarya
Rajesh, Sneha, Neelima Rani and Balasaravanan; Director: S.U Arun Kumar; Rating: ****1/2
n a list featuring films that
transport a dead body, pick up
tug at your heart strings,
stranded people on the road,
debutant Arun Kumar’s
carry goods from neighbourPannaiyarum Padminiyum
ing village and even compete
deserves to be right on the top.
with a government bus, which
An emotionally uplifting
happens to be the only motorwork, the film steers away
ized vehicle besides the car in
from the commercial zone by
the village.
constantly rewarding us with
Before you know it, the
characters that not just enterentire village falls in love with
tain but stay with us hours
the car. But the rightful owner
after we leave the cinema hall.
of the car is Panniyar’s relative,
A slice-of-life story of four charac- ni car at first sight. He gets to look who is likely to take away the car
ters set against a village backdrop after the car when its owner, his sooner or later. It’s not the relative
featuring a Padmini car in the cen- close relative, leaves town to visit who takes the car away from them
tre. Even with a dawdling narrative, his pregnant daughter. Pannaiyar, but a very close family member.
the film never ceases to amaze you as the landlord is called by his vil- Will the car return to Pannaiyar
with heartwarming performances lage folks, hands over the car keys and bring back joy in his life?
As we celebrate little moments in
and music, laced with humour at to his driver Murugesan (Vijay
regular intervals.
Sethupathi), who falls in love with our lives, here’s a film that’s remiA village landlord (Jayaprakash) it too. The car becomes a lifeline of niscent of one such moment.
falls in love with a Premier Padmi- sorts to the villagers, who use it to
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LIFESTYLE

LIFESTYLE

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2014 MIDWEST EDITION

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Personal grooming

important on V Day

Seventy percent of people think
grooming oneself is absolutely
essential, reveals a survey
amongst 3,000 people

Try some homemade
recipes to stay fit

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ith Valentine’s Day around the corner, personal
grooming becomes a very important task for people who plan on celebrating the occasion, says a survey conducted by one of the leading matrimonial
site. According to a survey by Jeevansathi.com amongst 3,000 people,
70 percent of people think grooming oneself is absolutely essential.
The survey also says that 70 percent of people spend more than
Rs.500 on themselves for the day, said a statement.
In all, 53 percent of the total people who took the survey said their
partners’ looks matter to them a lot on Valentine’s Day while 47 percent of them indicated that they are comfortable with what their
partner wears on that day.
Valentine’s Day is a working day but 62 percent of the
men in the survey admitted to taking the day off, while 45
percent of women have decided to take the day off.
“Valentine’s day has become an important part of our
social fabric with people celebrating it fervently every
year. It has finally gained a status of a festival with
people taking a day off to spend time with their
beloved ones,” said Prakash Sangam, business
head of Jeevansathi.com. “It is even more
interesting to note that the percentage of
males taking leave on Valentine’s Day is
more than their female counterparts,”
he added.
The day also requires a lot of
planning and 47 percent of the
people said they don’t plan at all
for the Valentine’s Day while 24
percent of them said that they
start preparing a week or two in
advance.
When asked about how much money they are
spending on gifts, 46 percent of the people indicated
they are buying presents in the range of `500-`3,000.

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here are many misconceptions related to skincare like
wearing sunscreen everyday
is too heavy or exfoliating regularly
will ensure a clear skin. So it’s time
to move away from such myths and
get ready for a flawless skin.
Here are some of the myths
attached to skincare busted by
experts at Proactiv brand, reports
femalefirst.co.uk:
Myth 1: Wearing sunscreen daily is
too heavy for my oily complexion.
Truth: To prevent damage or to help
avoid a blemish outbreak, protecting your skin with a sunscreen
should be part of your daily skincare
routine. If you suffer with oily skin,
try a lightweight formula underneath your make-up, or find a foun-

dation or tinted moisturiser with an
SPF built in.
Myth 2: To prevent blemishes you
should completely strip away the oil
from the skin.
Truth: While there is no doubt
that oily skin should be controlled
to keep the complexion clear and
shine-free, completely stripping
the skin of all its natural oils can
play even more havoc with blem-

ishes and spots.
Myth 3: I should exfoliate regularly
to ensure my skin stays clear.
Truth: Exfoliating excessively can
strip the skin of essentials oils and
spread bacteria. Instead of a daily
scrub opt for a much gentler exfoliant to keep your skin in a good
condition.
Myth 4: You shouldn’t use moisturiser on oily skin.
Truth: Blemish-prone skin needs
hydration too. In fact, drying out
oily skin sends a signal to your body
to produce even more oil; a nightmare for those who already suffer
with problem skin.
Myth 5: The only thing that will
cure my eyes bags and dark circles is
more sleep.
Truth: A diet high in salt may also
be the cause of bags under your eyes.

n Pressure cook the tomatoes
with the roughly chopped onion,
green chilli, garlic, cinnamon
stick and two cups of water till
two whistles. Remove and keep
aside to cool. When cool, blend
the mixture in a blender. Remove
and strain.
n Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed pan; add the finely
chopped onion and fry till golden
broen. Add the curry leaves and
pour in the tomato soup.
n Serve hot seasoned with
crushed black pepper and salt.

l Mix the raw papaya, tomatoes
and green chilli in a bowl.
l Now, prepare the sweet syrup to
be added to the papaya. Heat the
jaggery cubes in a pan till it liquidifies. Add the red chilli poweder, salt and tamarind juice and
mix well. Remove and allow it to
cool and then add it to the papaya
mixture.
l Serve garnished with basil
leaves.

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women with HIV
The depression
and anxiety
symptoms add
cognitive
vulnerabilities
but can be treated
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n midlife women with HIV,
anxiety stands out as having
the greatest impact on thinking skills, shows new
research. HIV infection is associated with modest deficits in multiple domains of cognitive function, even in women who regularly take their HIV medications.
Anxiety particularly affects verbal

learning skills so treating anxiety HIV-infected and 278 HIV-uninmay be key to improving the lives fected midlife women. They
found that the menopause-related
of midlife women with HIV.
“These depression and anxiety thinking deficiencies are modest,
symptoms add to those cognitive limited to the time leading up
vulnerabilities but can be treated,” to menopause and rebound
said Pauline M. Maki from Uni- after
menopause.
versity of Illinois at Chicago.
“Mental processing
Hot flashes, depression and speed and verbal
most of all, anxiety, affect the memory were more
thinking skills of midlife women related to depreswith HIV. To understand this, the sion, anxiety and hot
researchers studied data on 708 flashes in both HIVinfected and healthy
women than the
stage of menopause,”
It meant that
explained the study.
menopause stage
It meant that
found to have
menopause stage found
to have little effect on
little effect on
cognitive abilities, said
cognitive abilities the
study.

New insights
in diabetes

Trust your spouse for better health

IANS, LONDON

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n a breakthrough, scientists
have identified seven new
genetic regions associated with
type 2 diabetes. The genome-wide
association study looked at more
than 3 million DNA variants to
identify those that have a measurable impact on risk of type 2 diabetes. By combining DNA data
from many several individuals, scientists were able to detect, for the
first time, regions where the effects
on diabetes susceptibility are rather

subtle. “Although the genetic
effects may be small, each signal
tells us something new about the
biology of the disease,” said Anubha Mahajan of Oxford University.
These findings may lead us to
new ways of thinking about the
disease, with the aim ultimately of
developing novel therapies to treat
and prevent diabetes, she added.

NEW YORK: Matters of the heart can
actually influence your cardiovascular
health, reveals research.
A study from the University of Utah
shows that the ways in which your
spouse is supportive —- and how you
support your spouse — can actually
have significant bearing on your overall heart health. When both partners
perceive the support they get from
each other as ambivalent — that is,
sometimes helpful and sometimes
upsetting - each partner’s levels of
coronary artery calcification (CAC)
tend to be particularly high, said the
findings.
“There is a large body of epidemiological research suggesting that our

relationships are predictors of mortality rates, especially from cardiovascular disease,” explains Bert
Uchino, psychological scientist at University of Utah.
“But most prior work has
ignored the fact that
many relationships are
characterised by both
positive and negative
aspects — in other
words, ambivalence,” he
added.
Uchino and his colleagues Timothy Smith and
Cynthia Berg explored how
this complexity in relationships
predicts cardiovascular health.

Your week ahead...
Aries
Just when you thought you were proceeding towards a
decision about your dark secret or invisible role, the
process stops. The strange thing about your situation is,
nothing will actually be concluded until late March.

Taurus
I see escalating chaos. It’s like walking through marshmallow while someone blows bubbles in your face. And
whose fault is this? Not yours – all you did was deal with
the friendship or the group that fate gave you.

Gemini
Gemini, some aspect of your career (or other leading role
in life) has become utterly confusing and confused. The
British expression for this is ‘clear as mud’ which just
about sums the situation up.

Cancer
You now know just how utterly chaotic some corner of
your life as a traveler, publisher, writer, teacher or student
has become. What came to light last week has shown you
how much cleaning up you have to do.

Leo
You don’t have this many horoscope factors in the confusing sign of Pisces and get away with it for long. What you
now know about your money, business, house, flat, possessions or charity has come as a revelation.

Virgo
You appear to have wandered into the equivalent of thick
fog with your former, current or potential partner. If the
issue for you at the moment is not your ex, current or possible lover, it is most certainly about your enemy or rival.

(August1-7)
Libra
It is easy to understand why you want to sort out your
daily workload, your regular lifestyle and your relationship
with your body. During 2013 this zone of your horoscope
was occupied by Neptune, Salacia and Chiron.

Scorpio
What took place last year with your son, daughter, godchild
or young relative now appears to have been even more confused than you imagined. In fact, what happened last week
probably pulled you up short.

Sagittarius
Hope you have been reading this column long enough to
have been warned (back in January) about the forthcoming situation with your internet-based plans or your communication-heavy project.

Capricorn
You will be so much better off, financially, in the second half
of 2014 and first half of 2015 that you can almost shrug off
the situation with your money, house, possessions, apartment, business or charity near Friday.

Aquarius
Your backwards glance at 2013 last week revealed
just how confused one person had been, in respect of
the money, business, house, charity, possessions or
apartment.

Pisces
You now appear to be fully updated on all the ‘me’ issues
hanging over from 2013 that you were not aware of before. In
astrology, any time you get a stellium passing through Pisces
you also have image or appearance questions to answer.

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